Is there any way you can setup some safety Bars to protect you in this situation? Being Pinned under the bar is still a big fear of mine, and I work out in a Commercial Gym that usually has several who can and will help me get up.

And, like the others have said, I was once pinned under 105#, and this was not long ago. Sadly, this put a mental block on me, and I took quite a while to get past that.

I feel so lucky for my power rack have the safety bar at the level that the barbell can touch my chest but cannot roll down to my throat. If I don't have the safety bar, I'd be too afraid to do squat and bench press. In my opinion, we should have either safety bar or spotter to provide safeness and confidence.

Yea our routines look pretty similar. I generally bounce between a push/pull or upper/lower just cause I like to work out 4 days a week. Not a big fan of full body, just because its 3 really long workouts then. I do push on sun, pull mon, push wed, pull thurs. The prob I usually have is I try to do too much (cardio or HIIT) when I'm lifting pretty intensely and I get burnt out pretty quick. But not this time. I sticking with just weights!

Why were you on the couch one night? I hate sleeping on the couch, it means I'm a) throwing up drunk b) done something ultra stupid and the wife and I are screaming at eachother c) I'm ultra sick. Plus I'm about 6 inches too tall for our couch. Stinks.

I like doing high reps now and again too. I just never get around to it. Like today was supposed to be speed work on deads. That ended within 4 reps of 225... lol.

lol.....I am enjoying it for sure. Been single for too long , trying to get my head together. Last night was the first time I cooked for her....she was impressed....and things are going well. We even talked of going to NOLA in a month or so.....

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Why were you on the couch one night? I hate sleeping on the couch, it means I'm a) throwing up drunk b) done something ultra stupid and the wife and I are screaming at eachother c) I'm ultra sick. Plus I'm about 6 inches too tall for our couch. Stinks.

long story....but short version is: I don't have any furniture in my master bedroom. I have a guest room that I sleep in, but no TV. So I usually sit/lay and watch TV in the family room until I am tired, then go to bed. That one night I fell asleep on the couch and didn't wake up until 4 or so....

Where ever you add in conventional deads it is going to take some energy away from other lifts.

This may sound weird but if you want to stay on the same split you are using, I would put them at the end of non-squat day, and leave nothing on the table. Do your normal workout, and then deadlift until you want to vomit, add 20lbs, pull two more reps, take a breath, pull one more, then call it a day.

This way you still get some benefit, but you won't be slowing down any other lifts due to fatigue.

I like them in the beginning due to the 80/20 rule and the 12 years of rest I take between sets. That said, if I was making your progress and didn't want to alter my split, I would put them in at the end to not slow down progress elsewhere.

Interesting.....never thought of doing them last. My only worry is workout time. The big lifts take me forever to get through.....more sets, much longer rest during work sets. I would probably be going an hour and 15 mins or longer....

I will start these soon....maybe today. Schedule is tight today and I have a stein club meeting tonight. Prost!

Neither did I until I heard someone say that some powerlifters do that, just recently too... I don't know how true that is, but seeing as you pull last in a meet, I figured it couldn't be all bad of an idea...

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My only worry is workout time. The big lifts take me forever to get through.....more sets, much longer rest during work sets. I would probably be going an hour and 15 mins or longer....

You are just under an hour as it is, are your nights that tight that 15mins is a deal breaker? I understand that, as it's a pain in the ass to get some lifts in, that is why my split gets more and more elaborate.

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